"Stadsgården, Stockholm" (View over the quayside at Stadsgården, Stockholm)
Signed Oskar Bergman and dated Stockholm juni 1940. Watercolour and gouache on paper 35 x 50 cm.
German diplomat Dr. Hans-Ulrich von Marchtaler (according to label verso as a gift from Sveriges Allmänna Exportförening and the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce in 1961).
Föreningen för nutida konst, Stockholm, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, April 16 - May 17, 1942.
Oskar Bergman was a Swedish visual artist born in Stockholm. Bergman was self-taught and took much inspiration from his study trips to Germany, Italy and France. Bergman worked as an etcher and painter, with his paintings, which emulate an overpowering Swedishness, is valued today not only in Sweden, but also international artists. With his razor-sharp and lifelike depictions of both city scapes and rural landscapes, Bergman managed to capture viewers and art audiences alike. As a self-taught artist, one is particularly impressed by his detailed and evocative painting style.
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